8-letter words containing o, r, k
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- gritrock — Gritstone.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- grokking — to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
- grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
- hackwork — writing, painting, or any professional work done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse.
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- holbrook — Stewart H(all) 1893–1964, U.S. historian and editor.
- holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
- homework — schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- hookworm — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbook — a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hornwork — A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
- horokaka — a New Zealand low-growing plant, Disphyma australe with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers
- hot-work — to work (metal) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- hydroski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
- inkhorns — Plural form of inkhorn.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- invokers — Plural form of invoker.
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- ironlike — Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
- ironwork — work in iron.
- j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- jackaroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackroll — to force (a woman) to submit to sexual intercourse with a number of young men at the same time
- jerk off — a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.
- jerk out — to utter sharply and abruptly
- jerk-off — a stupid, bumbling, foolish, or lazy person; jerk.
- jerksome — Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989).
- job work — miscellaneous printing work, as distinguished from books, periodicals, etc.